"Love is more important than anything else. It's what ties everything completely together."

Colossians 3:14

How did God show his love for the world?
How do you show your love for others?
What can you do today to show love to other people?

'God said to human beings, "Fill the earth with people and look after it. Care for all that I have made."'

Genesis 1:27

What is our responsibility to care for God's world?
How can I behave responsibly today?
Who relies on me to act responsibly?

"I am the Lord your God. I am holding your hand, so don't be afraid."

Isaiah 41:13

How was Jesus courageous?
What helps people to be courageous?
How have you shown courage today?

"It is better to be honest and poor than dishonest and rich."

Proverbs 16:8

Why is it important to be honest?

"Try to earn the respect of others."

Romans 12:17, paraphrase

Who do you respect and why?
What sort of behaviour earns respect?
What do you do to show you respect someone?

School Fund

Like many other schools, both locally and nationally, we ask you for a voluntary contribution for our School Fund each academic year. If you have contributed already this academic year, there is no need to take any further action. Furthermore if you have children in both schools we only request that you pay the School Fund once.

This fund has been used to pay for activities, such as visiting theatre groups and entertainers, which we would not be able to afford through Government funding. All of the children in the school benefit from this money but we are very much reliant on the generosity of parents to ensure there is sufficient money to improve our school and pay for additional resources to create a vibrant and attractive place for your children to learn. Recently, the School Fund has contributed to improving the IT infrastructure, classroom improvements, library improvements, enrichment activities and playground equipment, as well as much more.

Without your generous donations, this wouldn’t be possible.

We ask for one contribution of £25 per child, or £30 per family, towards our School Fund each academic year. If paying at the Junior School, please use our online payment service Tucasi. If paying at the Infant School, we ask for the payment by cash or cheque (payable to St Martin's Infant School).

Gift Aid

As aided schools we have obtained charitable status and as a result are able to reclaim tax paid on donations, subject to completion of a Gift Aid Declaration. We hope that many of you will feel able to sign the declaration, particularly as there is no extra cost to the you, the donor.

Gift Aid enables us to reclaim tax, at basic rate, on donations paid to the school. Basic rate tax is 20 per cent, so this means that if you give £20 using Gift Aid, it’s worth £25 to the charity (in addition, higher rate taxpayers are able to claim further tax relief by filling out a self-assessment tax form).

If you have any questions regarding school fund then please do not hesitate to contact either of the school offices. We look forward to us receiving your School Fund contribution and thank you for your continued support of our schools.